Galatrona 2019
DOC Valdarno di Sopra,Petrolo, 3000 ml
Description
Robert Parker / Monica Larner describe this wine as following: "Made with organic Merlot grapes, the Petrolo 2019 Galatrona is soft and luscious, spreading evenly over the palate with elegance and sweeping intensity. The bouquet shows dark fruit, black cherry and sweet prune. Those dark fruit tones are woven into pretty layers of spice, leather and perfumed tobacco. I like the tight, compact, yet fundamentally rich quality that is part of the mouthfeel in this important vintage. This wine could be considered a bit lighter and more ethereal compared to recent past releases, but I found that all the wines in this batch of new releases go in this same direction."
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Attributes
Origin: | Italy / Toscana |
Grape variety: | Merlot |
Label: | Certified integrated production |
Ripening potential: | 1 to 20 years after harvest |
Drinking temperature: | 16 to 18 °C |
Food Pairing: | Cold fish dish, dried meat, Succulent chicken breast with cream sauc, Saltimbocca, Scaloppine di vitello al limone, Spaghetti con sugo al basilico, Risotto with ceps |
Vinification: | long must fermentation, fermentation in wooden barrel, Punching down, cooling period |
Harvest: | hand-picking, strict selection, in small boxes |
Maturation: | in large wooden barrel/foudre, in partly new and used barriques/ Pièces, long cultivation |
Bottling: | no filtration |
Maturation duration: | 10 months |
Volume: | 14.0 % |
Note: | Contains sulphites |
Italy
Italy – Where wine is a way of life
The Italian wine regions are extremely diverse, and this is made clear in their wines. Established varieties such as Merlot, Syrah, and Sauvignon can be found on just 15 percent of the total vine growing area. The remaining 85 percent is reserved for autochthonous, indigenous varieties. More than 2,000 different grape varieties are grown under diverse conditions and pressed with various techniques into wines that reach the top tier of the international wine market.